Jay Harrington Kids Quotations

What does this mean to me? It means I have to coach another week. But if any group of kids ever deserved to advance to the national tournament, it's these kids. They've worked so hard and become a team in every sense of the word. This was a total team effort.

That was as good a team as we've played all year and probably the most physical. But these kids did what they have done all year. They found a way to win. Defensively I thought we got after it in the second half and offensively we did a good job of going to the basket and getting fouled. We hit free throws down the stretch.

That's the real key to this team. It's the most unselfish group of kids I have ever been around. They all put the team first and they care about each other. It's a very special basketball team in that way.

We feel like our kids are winners. We know if we play our game, we'll win. If we're consistent, we'll win. If we don't, we'll lose. It's that simple.

I'm not one for Knute Rockne speeches and so I'm not going to start now. I did tell the kids the other night that they are my favorite team not because of the success we've had on the court. But because of the kind of people they are. They are just a tremendous group of young men.

I can't tell you how proud I am of these kids. We just had so many kids step up again tonight.